New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-07
THE QUEENS GARDEN PARTY.
A JUBILEE FESTIVAL IN THE GROUNDS or
BUCKINGHAM PALACE.

n, t,. 4. ooo CHESTS at the Queens Garden Party
u...., ,,r,har saw the beautiful grounds OF
pnckin cham Palace tor tho first time Few Lon ~,
Ss.... ;,d.sd. had any notion of their extent Inc
p.,... .xt.,oally ia ono Of the least impressive
1890. .rvwbere to be seen. Americans who nave
,i.,t.d London are familiar enough with TIC Dig
.a,6,. that stands IN the angle where ~. James
Park and Green Park meet and looks sunny up sao
Mall. IL has more the air OF BARRACKS 'h"n VI :"
Oucen's abode. Nor Is 1t, save at oad mo"onls'
Oueeu's abode. Her Majesty's perssverng reiusa'
"a i've jr Buckingham, Palace during any por'ion
~ the year except for night OF two nights now
and then il one Of the standing grievances OF ner
lovsl an elects in London. She spends her tune AZ
Wind.or at Oabo1ne at Balmoral, at Aix-le1-
Baines anywhere hut among the cockneys Anu
40 il comes TO pass that those fortunate inoi
tails who e., TO court know little of the residence ~
which the court is held. long wait 10 uis'an'
antsroou:s and n hurried rush through inc 'hroi'e
room offer little opportunity for gazing OH 'a'
laudscape hidden behind the palace and pehiiiu '"o
high atone walls which excude the vulgar.
The boprs named on the Lord Chamberlain car"
were from 3 to T. but it was announced 'n"' '"o
c.te, of the paace would be open at 4. There were
four entrances but even with four entrances o,ooo
nersous conld hardly arrive in much less than an
ho,r So Mt carriages were already setting down
NJ bslf-past many hundreds were In the sroun"s
II il a long ranble from the arrival door 10 Vpa'
by which you emerge the terrace a raiho,e
thrcu yh endless corridors, past the gfeae q"ao'
rangle. through sundry rooms; grave oiiciais Ut
eyery angle and doorway to see that you y"
straight. The corridors are narrow; tne roo'n'
ara If dare ssy so. dingy; the quadrangle Is In
.,oo,, avsn IN this sunny afternoon. All the more
strikius is the contrast on stopping out on .ne
broao araye,lsd terrace to tue rear. 80 surprising
4. rho fret effect that YOU almost forget TO notce
how very beautiful II all is The lovemess OF an
English pYi yste park in the leaty month ., june
in tha he, rt and centre of LOndon-v hat can %
more astonishing than that Tents ana many
colored marques arc pitched on the iaf N
Boats are floating the little lake. manneo rA'no
anonymously, with rowors in the royai sc"r'0v
An irreverent republican with taste ior sum
things miyht call 1t landlubberly The blue OIL ier
Naiesty's biue-jackets would surely 10 Ior 'ne
crews of these pleasure craft Oarsmen III reu iooh
like royal foo:meu impressed for tho occ"sion' ~
nuet are these waters in ordinary times that they
ara thu cbosen home OF wild fowl There are trees
which seem monuments of primevai 1oresti
oen,le stones and broad stretches of turf and SKY
above which 1t is not mere poiteness to call hiue
Everv moment there are newcomers. Every
woman has arrayed herself in her best, ana lnhu-
merable are the lovely costumes and deiicaVe nue'
of sjlk and soft fabrics AS for the men, they, Ike
the women were told to come in morning uross'
and they are with few exceptions IN uniior" a.
raw of al black hats mot white anu trock coa's anu
tronsers Of such shade and pattern as the dull or
lively fancy of the wearer has dictated Inc num-
bar of really wel-dressed women is extraordinary
ia perhaps ten times greater than IL wouiu haSe
beeu ten years ago The garden facade OF 'ne
Palace is q fitting background to tho scene NOT
like the 'front.' an unworthy architectural enor' ~
roval residence. And it Is seen. as said. almost
for the frat time by company wh'ch 'nciuuos
almost everything that is most famous In EnGilsh
society.
BY o'clock the gardens were full, not cro"ueu'
aud the Queen arrived not long after Her MAJ
.stv came in by a side gate at the north OF the
n, Is O.. ont of view from the terrace Instantly
there was movement and murruur, such as the
apuarition of royalty of any degree seldom fails to
occasion The talk aud laughter were not sliencea
but they went on in lower tone. People moved
slowy down the terrace steps by which IL was
perceived the Queen would PASS, and moro rapidiy
from other moro distant parts What yoa saw wa'
this. In front of the approaching Majesty OF Eng.
land came firstly kind OF bodyguard composer
of the 90 uerries ard other gentlemen in attendance
on the many royalties present. They parted the
dense throng as thu cutwater OF ship parts INC
sea. II was q sea of human beings when epoeo
and flowed and surged about, but ever WIN GER
tain genteness of motion il any OF these snper'or
nersou, felt impulses of impatience they restrained
them. This division of the gayly dressed throns
partly on the urgency of the equerries, and party
nv the ready good manners of the people them
solves, was on both sides spontaneous and lmpro-
vised Thsre had been no rehearsal. But 1t had
this striking effect that the Queen was now seen 70
be adj an cling throu ga avenue of her SUBJECTS.
This avenue formed and melted away and reformed
itself continually and during all the time that the
royal progress lasted. II was all very easy and at
the same time very stately and effective.
The group of royalty comprised all the Greens
ruests-King of Denmark. King and Queen OF the
Belgians, King Of Saxony. King of the Hellenes,
Prince and Princess of Wales, the beautiful Grand
Duchess Serge of Russia, the beautiful Cro|n
Princess of Portugal, the beautiful Counters Sou
makoron-manv more beautiful and charming
women than can find room to name. They moved
In sort of open order, everybody clearly vlsiplo
IA he or she passed. The Prince of Wales " as In
close al tendance his mother, ana the puoilc OF
semi.pu bc appearance of the Queen is still thing
30 rare that 1t is she Who more than all the other
ROYALTIES fixes the attention and gaze OF this silent
multitude. believe shall not mlslead the future
historian il say that Her Majesty wore the same
bonnet AS ben she went in splendid procession TO
Westminster Abbey, and wore the sane SOBER
attire minus ST ndry ribbons and orders There IS
a current belief that the gowns of tie Queen OF
England are m ade, and nave for sono tive and
twenty years been made, by dressmaker who Plies
the art and mystery of her calling In little shop
In the little town of Windsor, beneath the Castle
walls. know not how this may be, but dont
think any enthusiasm of loyalty would lead the
most devoted of her subjects to saJ that the impress
sveness of the Queens presence is due in any con-
adorable degree to dress. 1t does not matter what
she wears have said it so often that it is N ere
repetition to remark the singular the absolutely
uniaue distinction of her bearing and manner To-
day it is put to test perhaps more difieu than in
any ceremony the public have witnessed She cam
not but Delaware that she is the point on which
eve-y eye is fixed, and since full half the company